In 2016, a young Afghan driver and translator named Omar makes the heart-wrenching choice to flee his war-torn country, saying goodbye to Laila, the love of his life, without knowing when they might be reunited again. He is one of millions of refugees who leave their homes that year. Matthieu Aikins, a journalist living in Kabul, decides to follow his friend. In order to do so,...(展开全部)

This is a study of the works of the Northern Song Chinese poet Chen Yuyi (1090-1139) as he led the Jurchen invasion during the massive political upheavals of a dynastic transition. This book demonstrates how Chen's poems epitomize the new style of writing in the Song that is markedly different from that of his Tang predecessors. Underscoring this stylistic and aesthetic analysi...(展开全部)

This is a study of the works of the Northern Song Chinese poet Chen Yuyi (1090-1139) as he led the Jurchen invasion during the massive political upheavals of a dynastic transition. This book demonstrates how Chen's poems epitomize the new style of writing in the Song that is markedly different from that of his Tang predecessors. Underscoring this stylistic and aesthetic analysi...(展开全部)